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Lost potential: Tun Fuad (wearing dark glasses), Conrad Mojuntin (on Tun Fuad’s right) and Peter Mojuntin (seated, on Conrad’s right) on the campaign trail in Matunggong, Sabah, in March 1976. PETRUS CONRAD FORTY-FIVE years ago today, a Nomad N-22B aircraft that had entered Kota Kinabalu airport airspace began a one-and-a-half-turn spiral plummet that ended in disaster. The plane, which had departed from Labuan, crashed into shallow waters off the coast of Kampung Sembulan Baru, Kota Kinabalu. Killed in the tragedy on June 6,1976, was the crème de la crème of Berjaya, which had been led by its president, Tun Fuad Stephens, to victory over Usno just two months before in the Sabah state election. The dead were Tun Fuad (Sabah Chief Minister), Datuk Peter Mojun-tin (Local Government and Housing Minister), Datuk Salleh Sulong (Finance Minister), Chong Thain Vun (Communications and Works Minister) and Darius Binion (assistant to the Chief Minister). ....
Thursday, 06 May 2021 08:55 AM MYT BY JULIA CHAN Sabah Parti Solidariti Tanah Airku (STAR) president Datuk Jeffrey Kitingan speaks during a press conference in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah September 22, 2020. Picture by Firdaus Latif Subscribe to our Telegram channel for the latest updates on news you need to know. KOTA KINABALU, May 6 Parti Solidariti Tanah Airku (STAR) president Datuk Seri Jeffrey Kitingan has panned a local newspaper report pitting him against Datuk Dr Maximus Ongkili in a tussle for the coveted Huguon Siou position, or paramount leader of the Kadazandusun and Murut community. Kitingan said that it was disappointing and baseless to draw the conclusion just from recent political statements made by him and the Parti Bersatu Sabah president president vying for the same Kadazandusun Murut (KDM) seats, when in fact he had no designs on the position. ....
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Published on: Sunday, January 03, 2021 By: James Sarda Text Size: Kota Kinabalu: The Chinese community in then British North Borneo (now Sabah) upon realising that self-government or independence on its own will not happen, planned a high stakes gamble just before the proclamation of Malaysia to warn Britain’s Conservative Government that it should not be rushing the process. They were worried that Malaysia was being formed in a such a hurry and that the interests of the locals in both the Borneo states may be compromised in the long term with pertinent aspects of the Malaysia Agreement (MA63) not being honoured by successive leaders in Kuala Lumpur. ....